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About the Northwest Colorado SBDC
The Northwest Colorado Small Business Development Center exists to serve dedicated entrepreneurs and business owners who want to strengthen their path to success by utilizing the powerful partnerships of the Colorado Small Business Development Center Network.
We believe that every entrepreneur should have access to expertise, relationships and an understanding of the business community at large. The Northwest Colorado Small Business Development Center offers business consulting and training. Our goal is to help emerging and existing entrepreneurs gain control of their business operations. We provide free local guidance and consulting in all aspects of funding and developing small business. View the Colorado SBDC 2022 Annual Report.
The Northwest SBDC serves Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, Moffat, Routt, Jackson, Grand, Gilpin, Clear Creek, and Summit counties.
Services
Our core services:
• No-cost, one-on-one, confidential consulting
• Live webinar presentations and workshops
• On-demand webinars and eLearning videos
• Credible resources and templates
Audience
We support entrepreneurs and small businesses in the ten rural counties of Northwest Colorado: Eagle, Clear Creek, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Pitkin, Routt, and Summit.
Mission
The Northwest SBDC aims to deliver equal access to guided consultancy and educational resources in order to develop and strengthen small businesses at any stage from concept to conclusion.
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History of the SBDC
The SBDC program is the federal government’s largest and most successful management and technical assistance program for small businesses. It is a partnership between the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and America’s Small Business Development Center Network (ASBDC), which boasts approximately 1,000 full-time service centers operating on an overall budget of roughly $230 million, with more than half of that budget resulting from cash and in-kind dollars from the program’s many funding partners, including state and local governments, institutions of higher learning, private enterprise and local nonprofit economic development programs. The ASBDC provides services to more clients annually than all other SBA programs combined.
As early as the 1940s, legislation was introduced in Congress to establish university-based extension services. By 1953, Congress had created the SBA. This action reflected awareness at the federal level of the importance of small business to the nation’s economy and the need for federal government involvement in fostering a climate in which small businesses could flourish.
The first SBDC programs were funded in the 1970s. The Colorado SBDC came into existence in 1987 and was hosted by the Community Colleges of Colorado until 1989. In 1989, the Governor’s Office of Business Development (now the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade) took over the program and is still the current host. The Colorado SBDC Network now consists of 14 full-time centers and more than 50 part-time satellite offices across the state.
